{"id":4077,"date":"2014-04-01T00:43:34","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T00:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/travel\/?p=4077"},"modified":"2022-09-19T11:00:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T11:00:42","slug":"mesa-verde-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/travel\/destinations\/usa\/mesa-verde-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Mesa Verde National Park Travel Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Mesa Verde National Park at Colorado, US<\/p><\/div>\n

Mesa Verde National Park<\/strong> preserves the cliff dwellings of the ancestral Puebloan people known as the Anasazi. The park spreads over more than 52,000 acres in the Montezuma County in southern Colorado in the US.<\/p>\n

Mesa Verde in Spanish means \u201cgreen table\u201d in English. The cliff dwellings constitute some of the best preserved archeological sites in the country. The Anasazi lived in the Mesa Verde region between 200 AD and 1300 AD. Over 600 of these dwellings are recorded in the national park including the famous Balcony House, Square Tower House, and Cliff House. In all, the national park protects over 5,000 archeological sites and others are continually being discovered. The south-west Colorado plateau on which the Mesa Verde National Park is located, features elevations of about 6,000 to 8,500 feet.<\/p>\n

The Mesa Verde villages were initially discovered in 1874. The rock-cut dwellings were soon despoiled by collectors and treasure hunters. By 1889, much of the artifacts in the region were sold in a large pottery sale conducted by the collectors. At about this time, archaeologists started to study and excavate the remains. By 1906, the site came under the protection of the Federal Antiquities Act and has been well-preserved ever since.<\/p>\n

Hiking in the park is allowed only on a few trails:<\/p>\n

Morefield Trailheads<\/strong><\/p>\n